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➤ Causes radioactive exposure, resulting in intoxication.

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➤ ²³⁸₉₄Pu (plutonium-238 isotope) - 2.8 Ci.

➤ Began to be used in the development and implementation of pacemakers in the field of oncology for the treatment of cancer.

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➤ Inhalation of large amounts of gases containing Pu can be fatal due to respiratory diseases.

➤ Antidote: Chelation therapy.

➤ Pu is the most expensive of the technically important metals.

➤ Nuclear bombs are filled with Plutonium-239.

➤ The fission of ²³⁹Pu releases 2*107 kcal (50 times more than the most famous exothermic reaction of carbon combustion).

➤ Pu forms 6 different crystal forms when cooled from 640 ℃ to 122 ℃.

➤ Pu has a half-life of 8.28 million years.